Did high-pitched voices always bother you? They seem to bother me more now than before medical intervention. The weird thing is that I also seem to be going deaf.
Not really. I'd like to interact with the child and be supportive to her communication efforts, but it's challenging.
Just how many times can you ask someone to repeat themselves before they think you're being mean? It rapidly becomes a clear case of "better to remain silent and seem a fool than to speak and remove all doubt".